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toruloid

toruloid adjective: minutely torose; shaped like a small torus.

Adjective

toruloid (comparative more toruloid, superlative most toruloid)

  1. Minutely torose; shaped like a small torus.
  2. Resembling a torula (type of yeast).

Forms of toruloid

comparativemore toruloid
superlativemost toruloid

Origin of toruloid

From torula + -oid.

Questions about toruloid

What does toruloid mean?
Toruloid means minutely torose; shaped like a small torus.
What part of speech is toruloid?
Toruloid is an adjective.

Words near toruloid in the dictionary

  1. torulas
  2. torulene
  3. toruli
  4. toruliform
  5. torulin
  6. toruloid
  7. torulose
  8. torulosis
  9. torulous
  10. torulus
  11. Toruno

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